Job Title: HSE Engineer
Location: Hinkley Point C, Somerset
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60461
At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a HSE Engineer, at our Hinkley Point C, Somerset site.
The role
As a HSE Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. As our Health, Safety and Environmental Engineer, you will be a member of the Commissioning Alliance playing an integral role responsible for ensuring commissioning programme adherence and compliance with applicable statuary health and safety legislative requirements and identifying non-compliances, whilst providing guidance on such matters.
Day-to-day, you'll be reporting to the Commissioning Health, Safety and Welling Lead, amongst providing advice and guidance for smooth operation, reporting and resolution of HSE issues. Moreover, ensuring the daily coordination of the Commissioning Health and Safety Management arrangements and monitoring between Commissioning Programme and Pre-Operations Industrial Safety team.
- Participate in maintaining and improving Health, Safety and Environmental performance in control of risks across the Commissioning programme.
- Review Commissioning RAMS and provide technical safety advice to Commissioning members to eliminate/reduce risks/hazards to people, plant and environment.
- Provide advice and support producing the relevant and appropriate Health and Safety performance reports, including identification of trends and early warnings of possible issues, recommending appropriate action.
- Establish and maintain Health and Safety risk profiles and undertake associated risk-based assessments, inspections and Health and Safety assurance activities.
- Support implements the of Commissioning H&S arrangements from the Health and Safety Plan during commissioning phase at HPC.
This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and is based on site at Hinkley Point C.
Essential experience of the HSE Engineer
- Strong communication skills with the ability to develop wide network and working relationships
- Health and Safety experience including within a large project environment.
- Strong focus on identifying risks/hazards and implications with provide mitigations using process.
- Able to produce high quality records and reports, providing safety assurance through communication of HSE data and information.
- Ability to engage with others on health and safety, environmental issues and provide practical advice on how technical issues should be addressed safely.
Qualifications for the HSE Engineer
- NEBOSH HSE Diploma or equivalent
- Chartered membership of IOSH or equivalent / working toward membership is desirable
We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
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